Tiryanc, °Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦, Tiryak: 24 definitions
Introduction:
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Alternative spellings of this word include Tiryanch.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: YogaTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�) is a Sanskrit word referring to “upside-downâ€�. It is used in Yoga.

Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as Äsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�).—The origin of the different creatures described.*
- * VÄyu-purÄṇa 69. 298-303.

The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Source: Wisdom Library: NÄá¹ya-Å›ÄstraTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�) refers to a specific gesture (Äåá¹…g¾±°ì²¹) , or “movements made with the arms (²úÄå³ó³Ü)â€�, according to the NÄá¹yaÅ›Ästra chapter 9. These movements form a part of the histrionic representation (abhinaya).

Natyashastra (नाटà¥à¤¯à¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤°, ²ÔÄåá¹y²¹Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�) or TiryagrekhÄ refers to a “straight, slanted lineâ€�.—The Sanskrit texts have generally paid much more attention to the goddess as Speech in deference to the primacy always attributed to it over the written word. Even so, we do find rare references to the goddess as the Line—RekhÄ. The Line in its three forms—straight, slanted (³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦-°ù±ð°ì³óÄå) and “raised upâ€� (³Ü²Ô²Ô²¹³ÙÄå) that constitute the sides of the Triangle, are the three energies and goddesses in which KubjikÄ manifests as the Triangle and in which see rests as the Spiral. These are synthesized as aspects of the goddess manifesting progressively to assume the form of a Triangle set in three dimensions commonly represented by a water chestnut (śṛṅ²µÄå³Ù²¹).

Shakta (शाकà¥à¤�, Å›Äkta) or Shaktism (Å›Äktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�) refers to the “curved (flight)â€� (of a hawk), according to the Åš²â²¹¾±²Ô¾±°ì²¹-Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by RÄjÄ Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the training of hawks]: “[...] When the hawk is seen to be manned it should be lured in a creance to a piece of meat from increasing distances. The distance is to be increased gradually, and the hawk should be lured twice or thrice. If on being lured, it does not hesitate, nor fly in a curve (³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦), and does not ‘carryâ€� its meat, then it should be lured without the creance. The next step is to cast it into a tree and then lure it. [...]â€�.

This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts�) and Shastras (“sciences�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�) or Tiryaggati refers to the “animalsâ€� according to the “world of transmigrationâ€� section in the 2nd century MahÄprajñÄpÄramitÄÅ›Ästra (chapter XXVII).—The Bodhisattva sees the animals (tiryak) undergoing all the torments: they are made to gallop by blows of the whip or stick; they are made to make long journeys carrying burdens; their harness is damaged; they are branded with hot iron. People who, in their former lives, have trussed them up, whipped them or been guilty of crimes of this kind, assume the animal form of an elephant (haja), a horse (²¹Å›±¹²¹), a cow (go), a sheep (±ðá¸a°ì²¹) or a deer (³¾á¹›g²¹).

Mahayana (महायान, mahÄyÄna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ²õÅ«³Ù°ù²¹²õ of which some of the earliest are the various PrajñÄpÄramitÄ ²õÅ«³Ù°ù²¹²õ.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan BuddhismTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�) is the name of a RÄÅ›i (zodiac sign) mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century M²¹Ã±juÅ›rÄ«mÅ«lakalpa: one of the largest KriyÄ Tantras devoted to M²¹Ã±juÅ›rÄ« (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from M²¹Ã±juÅ›rÄ« and were taught to and by Buddha ÅšÄkyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Tiryak).

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (±¹²¹Âá°ù²¹²âÄå²Ô²¹) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�, “animalâ€�) refers to one of the “six destinationsâ€� (gata) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 57). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., tiryak). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 6: Influx of karmas°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�) or °Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦a.—What is the cause for the influx of karmas leading to subhuman (³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦a / ³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹á¹ƒc²¹) life? Deceitfulness (³¾Äå²âÄå) is the cause of influx of karmas leading to subhuman life.
What are the other causes for the influx of karmas leading to subhuman (³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦a) life? The preaching of religion from a perverted attitude, lack of good conduct and propriety, desire for cheating others, blue and grey thought-colourations of the soul, mournful concentration during death which are the varieties of deceitful conduct, are the other causes of influx of karmas leading to sub human life.
: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 7: The Five Vows°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�, “horizontalâ€�) or Tiryagvyatikrama refers to “exceeding the limits for movement set in the downwards directionsâ€�, representing one of the five transgressions (aticara) of the “vow of directional limitsâ€� (digvirati): one of the seven supplementary vows (śī±ô²¹±¹°ù²¹³Ù²¹), according to the 2nd-century TattvÄrthasÅ«tra 28.—What is meant by exceeding the limit of horizontal movement (tiryag-vyatikrama)? To go beyond the limit set in horizontal direction though tunnels or on land is called exceeding limits of horizontal movement.
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�) refers to the “animal worldâ€�, according to PÅ«jyapÄda’s SarvÄrthasiddhi.—Accordingly, “[...] And even among the five-sensed beings, many belong to the animal world (³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦) such as the cow, the deer, the bird, the serpent, etc. Hence human birth is as difficult of attainment as a heap of jewels at the crossing of the roads. And if one loses the condition of a human being by negligence, it is as difficult to attain it once again, as it is difficult for a burnt tree to regain its old freshness. Even if human birth is attained, a good country, a good family, keen senses, health, etc. are more and more difficult of attainment. [...]â€�.
Synonyms: Tiryaga, Tiryagga.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarytiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�).—a S Oblique, tranverse, slant. 2 ad Obliquely, aslant, awry.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�).â€�a. (³Ù¾±°ù²¹Å›³¦Ä« f., rarely ³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦Ä«)
1) Oblique, transverse, horizontal, awry; तिरà¥à¤¯à¤—ूरà¥à¤§à¥à¤µà¤®à¤§à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¤¾à¤šà¥à¤� वà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤ªà¤•à¥� महिमà¤� हरेः (tiryagÅ«°ù»å³ó±¹²¹madhastÄcca vyÄpako mahimÄ hareá¸�) KumÄrasambhava 6.71.
2) Crooked, curved.
3) Crossing over, traversing.
4) Winding.
5) Lying in the middle or between.
-m.,-n. 1) An animal (going horizontally as distinguished from man who walks erect), a lower or irrational animal; बनà¥à¤§à¤¾à¤¯ दिवà¥à¤¯à¥‡ à¤� तिरशà¥à¤šà¤� कशà¥à¤šà¤¿à¤¤à¥� पाशा- दिरासादितपौरà¥à¤·à¤� सà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤¤à¥ (bandhÄya divye na tiraÅ›³¦¾± kaÅ›³¦¾±t pÄÅ›Ä- dirÄsÄditapauruá¹£aá¸� syÄt) N.3.2; KumÄrasambhava 1.48.
2) A bird.
3) (With Jainas) The organic world, or plants.
See also (synonyms): tiryac.
Tiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�).â€�ind. Obliquely, crookedly, in a slanting or oblique direction; तिरà¥à¤¯à¤—ासà¥à¤¥à¤¾à¤¯ संकà¥à¤°à¥à¤¦à¥à¤§à¤ƒ पकà¥à¤·à¥€à¤¶à¥‡ à¤à¤—वानà¥à¤¹à¤°à¤¿à¤ƒ (tiryagÄsthÄya saṃkruddhaá¸� pakṣīśe bhagavÄnhariá¸�) RÄm. 7.7.41; विलोकयति तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥� (vilokayati tiryak) K. P.1; MeghadÅ«ta 51; KumÄrasambhava 5.74.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�).—adv. (used in the sense of Pali tiro, [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] tiras, tiraská¹›ta, q.v.; the converse use of Sanskrit tiras in the sense of tiryak, crosswise, is recorded by [Boehtlingk and Roth] s.v. 2a from lexicons, and once in MÄrk. Pur.; but in this one passage it seems to me that tiras may have its Pali meaning of outside, away, afar), outside, away, afar, in contrast with iha; neha na tiryak nobhayam antarÄ Åš¾±°ìá¹£Äs²¹³¾³Ü³¦³¦²¹²â²¹ 252.15, not here, not afar, not between the two. (Bendall and Rouse, Transl. 234 line 2, across; but this seems manifest nonsense in the context.)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�) or Tiryyak.—ind. Crookedly, awry: see tiryac.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�).—i. e. ³Ù¾±°ù²¹²õ-²¹Ã±³¦ (the final s is dropped, as often, and a is changed to Ä«, as before as, ká¹�, bhÅ«, cf. viÅ›vadr²â²¹Ã±³¦, sam²â²¹Ã±³¦). I. adj., f. ³Ù¾±°ù²¹Å›³¦Ä«, i. e. ³Ù¾±°ù²¹²õ-²¹Ã±³¦ + Ä«, Horizontal (ved.). Ii. acc. sing. n. º²â²¹°ì, adv. 1. Over, [²ÑÄå²Ô²¹±¹²¹»å³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹] 8, 291 (cf. Äå-²µ²¹³¾). 2. Horizontally, MahÄbhÄrata 2, 1396. 3. Sideways, [¸éÄå³¾Äå²â²¹á¹‡a] 2, 23, 5. Iii. m. and n. 1. An animal, [BhÄgavata-PurÄṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 2, 34. 2. An amphibious animal, [²ÑÄå²Ô²¹±¹²¹»å³ó²¹°ù³¾²¹Å›Äå²õ³Ù°ù²¹] 5, 40.
� Cf. [Gothic.] thairh, thairko; [Anglo-Saxon.] thurh.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary°Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�).â€�([nominative] [masculine] ³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹á¹�, [feminine] ³Ù¾±°ù²¹Å›³¦Ä«, [neuter] tiryak) transverse, oblique, horizontal; [masculine] [neuter] an animal (as horizontal, not erect), [especially] an amphibious animal, i.[grammar] any creature except man; [neuter] breadth, [adverb] = ³Ù¾±°ù²¹Å›³¦Äå or Å›³¦¾± sideways, obliquely, across.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Tiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�):—[from ³Ù¾±°ù²¹á¸�] a ind. See ²â²¹Ã±³¦
2) [v.s. ...] in [compound] also for ²â²¹Ã±³¦.
3) °Õ¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤žà¥à¤šà¥�):—[from ³Ù¾±°ù²¹á¸�] mfn. ([from] tiras + ²¹Ã±, [PÄṇini 6-3, 94]; [nominative case] m. °ù²â²¹á¹� n. ryak f. °ù²¹Å›³¦Ä«, also r²â²¹Ã±³¦Ä«, [Vopadeva iv, 12]) going or lying crosswise or transversely or obliquely, oblique, transverse (opposed to anv-²¹Ã±c), horizontal (opposed to Å«°ù»å³ó±¹²¹), [Atharva-veda; VÄjasaneyi-saṃhitÄ; TaittirÄ«ya-saṃhitÄ] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] going across, [Åšatapatha-brÄhmaṇa xiv, 9, 3, 2 f.]
5) [v.s. ...] moving tortuously, [Horace H. Wilson]
6) [v.s. ...] curved, crooked, [Horace H. Wilson]
7) [v.s. ...] meandering, [Horace H. Wilson]
8) [v.s. ...] lying in the middle or between (a tone), [, xi, 4, 2, 5 ff.; VÄjasaneyi-saṃhitÄ-prÄtiÅ›Äkhya i, 149]
9) [v.s. ...] m. n. ‘going horizontally�, an animal (amphibious animal, bird, etc.), [Manu-smṛti v, 40]
10) [v.s. ...] m., [xii, 57; YÄjñavalkya; MahÄbhÄrata] etc.
11) [v.s. ...] the organic world (including plants), [Jaina literature]
12) [v.s. ...] n. = °ù²â²¹°ì-±è°ù²¹³¾Äåṇa, [Åšulba-sÅ«tra]
13) [v.s. ...] f. the female of any animal, [Horace H. Wilson]
14) Tiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�):—[from ³Ù¾±°ù²â²¹Ã±³¦ > ³Ù¾±°ù²¹á¸�] b ind. across, obliquely, transversely, horizontally, sideways, [Åšatapatha-brÄhmaṇa; KÄtyÄyana-Å›rauta-sÅ«tra; ÅšÄá¹…khÄyana-Å›rauta-sÅ«tra; VÄjasaneyi-saṃhitÄ-prÄtiÅ›Äkhya; Manu-smá¹›ti] etc.
15) c r²â²¹Ã±³¦ See p. 447, col. 3.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�):â€�adv. Crookedly.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Tiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Tiri, Tiria.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryTiryak (तिरà¥à¤¯à¤•à¥�):â€�(a) slanting, oblique; crooked; ([g]) —[yoni] the aves; —[°ùÅ«±è²¹] an oblique form.
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Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryTiryak is another spelling for तिरà¥à¤¯à¤• [tiryaka].—n. an animal; bird;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Full-text (+145): Tiryagyoni, Tiryaksrotas, Tiryaktva, Tiryaggati, Tiryagga, Tiryakphala, Tiryakta, Tiryaggunana, Tiryannasa, Tiryanniraya, Tiryakprekshana, Kavatiryanc, Tiryakprekshin, Tiryanmani, Tiryakpramana, Tiryak-kshipta, Tiryakpatana, Tiryakpratimukhagata, Tirashc, Tiryakkaram.
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